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And BYD are likely to be the most guilty. Risk takers like Tesla, they were the first Chinese company to enter the e-car market , starting with a hybrid that was a blatant rip off on the Chevrolet Volt. That suffered many early problems as did some following fully battery models, but over...

Thanks, so not "all public places". .

"Legal in public places", so it looks like they will be able to be used on pavements as in the rest of the EU, except Paris where the sensible city authority has banned them altogether now. Here pavement riding won't be possible as the law stands, since e-scooters at present are motor vehicles...

Basically like those in other EU countries, with 20 kph (12.5mph) speed limit. The UK government, when introducing the trial, said they favoured doing the same if legalising them here. .

No motor vehicle requirements are necessary to have a throttle on a legal pedelec, almost any of them qualify if taken through single vehicle approval at an authorised testing station. There's a £55 fee for doing that, plus the hassle of getting the pedelec to one of the small number of...

Agreed Nissan are petty minded and stupid but why care? There will be batteries and spares for the huge number of Leafs for very many years. The fact is that all the Stellantis brands, Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot, Citroen, DS have joined the party too late and have almost no e-car knowledge...

Foolish. If he'd bought the well proven Nissan Leaf or France's own Renault Zoe instead, he could have looked forward to many years of entirely trouble free e-motoring, like the entirely fault free over six years I have been enjoying with my Leaf so far. .

Vauxhall dealership. Vauxhall, infamous for two decades of their Zafira model i.c. people carriers going up in flames, despite several recalls supposed to cure the problem. .

Don't worry, print out the following guidance on "Grandfather Rights" for EAPCs prior to January 2016, given by gov.uk with the link it is from and carry a copy on each bike, showing it to anyone authorised to challenge you: Power assistance - “Twist and Go” Because of the particular...

Just saw this parked up. Hope he doesn't add another trophy image every time he runs over one

It's 50 volts, so technically a fully charge battery will exceed that. That is why some companies use an in between voltage, 43 volts in Wisper's case. But I think its worrying about nothing. The moment an EAPC comes under load the overvolts will disappear, returning when slacking off, so the...

The law doesn't limit capacity, only the weight your bike can comfortably carry and your wallet do that. .

I know, and as you just said, with extra assistance so more suitable for the widest range of the disabled. If you just mean standard pedelecs with 250 watt rating, then as said before, just get any one approved for a throttle. Cost is just £55 at a testing station or get one done for you by...

They are permanently treated as EAPCs by the authorities, though technically they become motor vehicles in law. However there is already a far superior class of bicycle for the disabled which is why the authorities won't look at your proposal. That is the L1e-A class, pedelec again but allowed...

I agree, calling it Push Assist protects them. However, calling it Start assist as is common now should cause no problem if the pedals are turned by the feet, even with so called Ghost pedalling. There is still some rider input as Newton's first law of motion is in play since the pedals have...